Depression Treatment
Information and news on treatment of depression.
Resisting Antidepressant Treatment
It may come as a surprise to anyone who’s read my writing to hear that I was reluctant to start antidepressant treatment for my depression. While I would not call myself “pro” medication, my life has been changed by antidepressants, and I know quite a few other people who…
Why Do Some People Prefer “Natural” Treatment for Depression?
Since I was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis, several people have suggested bee stings as an alternative treatment to the interferon beta shot I do once a week. The first time a helpful soul suggested it, I was stupefied for a minute. I mean, honestly. How is being stung by…
What to Do During the Last Two Weeks You’re Waiting for Your Antidepressant to Kick In or Self-Care for Mild Depression
If it can be said that there is anything good about depression, this is when you’ll see it. Assuming that you are feeling much better than you did a month ago (and if you’re not, please read ), you may feel almost as if you’ve been reborn. After having…
Roadblocks to Effective Psychotherapy Treatment
As I’ve mentioned before, I am a big fan of psychotherapy. Although medication has had a greater role in my successful depression treatment, psychotherapy helped me to recognize my inner demons and banish or deal with them, thereby leading to my becoming a much happier person overall, which I…
Antidepressant Medications at a Glance
Generic Name Brand Names Drug Family Use amitriptyline Elavil, Typtanol, Saroten, Tryptizol tricyclic antidepressant bupropion Wellbutrin, Wellbutrin SR, Odranal aminoketone antidepressant citalopram Celexa SSRI antidepressant clomipramine Anafranil heterocyclic antidepressant desipramine Norpramin, Pertofran tricyclic antidepressant doxepin Adapin, Sinequan, Zonalon tricyclic antidepressant fluvoxamine Luvox SSRI antidepressant fluoxetine Prozac SSRI antidepressant mirtazepine…
Let’s All Trash Antidepressants (Not!)
I recently read an excerpt of the book A Brief History of Anxiety by Patricia Pearson, in which she more or less trashes every aspect of psychiatric drugs. She notes that people posting to websites comment on feeling emotionally flat or numb when they’re taking them, and says that they “yearn…
Your Mileage May Vary (with Medication)
The dentist was drilling one of my teeth down to get it ready for a crown the other day. Two and a half hours – not all the time spent drilling, of course, but long enough. By the end, I was ready to fight my way out of the…
How to keep depression treatment affordable
If you have depression and are struggling financially, the last thing you want to give up is your depression treatment, but you may feel that you just can’t justify paying for your treatment instead of rent, food and utilities. Here are a few ideas that might help you continue…
What do you do if your antidepressant “kind of” works?
Does your antidepressant “kind of” work? If you feel better, but not good or normal, after starting a new antidepressant, or starting on antidepressants for the first time, you’re probably experiencing what’s known as a “partial response.” This can be very frustrating, and unfortunately many people assume that this…
Herbal Depression Treatments
Recently I was looking online for some information family member needed about whether it was safe to take melatonin when you were on an antidepressant. I was pretty sure that they should not be taken at the same time. I groaned when I saw the answer that someone had…